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No successful prosecutions for Marikana massacre, eight years later

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The legal representatives of the families of the mineworkers killed by police in Marikana, North West, eight years ago are unhappy that no one has been successfully prosecuted for the massacre.

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"The National Prosecuting Authority has failed to prosecute anyone for the deaths of the 34 mineworkers who were shot and killed by the police on August 16, 2012," Seri said on Thursday. Seri added that while the families of the mineworkers continued to wait for justice, excessive use of force and brutality by the police persisted.

Citing statistics from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, Seri said police officers had murdered on average one person every day between April 2012 and March 2019.

 

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